State public health leaders have sharpened their messages of personal responsibility recently in the COVID-19 pandemic, concerned that Minnesotans are starting to go numb to the risk.Two announcements Friday hammered that point home.Health officials said they’d confirmed 15 cases of COVID-19 among Minnesotans who traveled to South Dakota for the massive Sturgis motorcycle rally, and…

President Trump’s speaking schedule at the Republican National Convention is unusually packed for an incumbent president. Credit...Anna Moneymaker for The New York TimesIt’s the Republicans’ turn in the prime-time spotlight this week, and the party led by a former reality TV star is planning to rely on him throughout its weeklong convention as the “talent…

New Jersey’s Atilis Gym co-owners Frank Trumbetti and Ian Smith have fought to keep their doors open during the coronavirus pandemic and now, partnering with Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rick Mehta, the gym has become an official campaign rally location.“We took a stand for our constitutional rights and for the rights of all small business…

(CNN)President Donald Trump will make an appearance every night of the Republican National Convention this week, a Republican familiar with the planning confirmed to CNN. Trump campaign senior advis…

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows blasted Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden for giving a "dark speech" at last week's Democratic convention, but was even more critical of his political record.In an interview with "Fox News Sunday," Meadows claimed that Biden has done virtually nothing of substance in his decades in office, including his…